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(Application led June 22, 1899.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,746, dated August'ld, 1900'.

Application nea June 22, 1899.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW T. WANNEN- WETSCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buifalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Devices for Holding,Delivering, and Igniting Matches, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in an automatic device for holding, delivering, and igniting matches, and while it may be used for any purpose or in any situation Where it would prove effective it is specially adapted for use in lighting cigars and cigarettes.

The leading object of my invention is the provision of a device which can be constructed at a very low price and which will hold, deliver, and ignite the matches in a perfect manner, and will thus obviate the marriug of furniture by scratching matches thereon and will also dispense with the more expensive devices at present in common use for this purpose.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a device of the character and for the purpose mentioned which will be ornamental and attractive in appearance and thoroughly practical, thus embodying all the features necessary to commend it as a useful device.

To attain the desired objects, the invention consists of an automatic device for holding, delivering, and igniting matches, embodying novel features of construction substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure l is a vertical sectional view of my automatic device for holding, delivering, and igniting matches, with the parts in their normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the parts in the position they assume in the act of delivering and lighting a match, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view to clearly show the supplemental plate, which is inserted in the holder when short matches are used.

In the drawings, A designates the base or support, from which rises the rectangular casing B, having the sliding top or cover C, and on its front face the hood or shield D. In the lower part of the casing is slidingly fitted the drawer or receiver E for holding the burned matches which are discharged. In the upper part of the casing is secured the curved or stra-11110. 721.512.Y da man.)

inclined wall F, which, with the side and front Walls of the casing, forms the match-holding receptacle G, which is of the proper size to receive the matches which are commonly used on the market. If it is desired to use ashorter match, I insert the supplemental wall or plate H, which reduces the Width of the holder. In the lower portion of the casing, near its forward edge, is mounted the shaft J, having the handle or crank K, and further provided with a returning-spring L, and this shaft has attached to it the match delivering or carrying device, which consists of the two taper; ingshaped plates M, having at their upper edges the curved or segmental plate N, each formed with a groove or channel O, adapted to receive a single match. From this construction it will be seeu that the match-holding receptacle has a narrow exit-opening and that the channel in the curved plates will take one match and when the handle is depressed wlll carry the match forward and ignite it upon the abrading-surface l?, the match being sustained by the holding-arms Q and R, and when the handle is released the spring will return the carrier to its normal position and the burned match will fall into the receptacle or receiver.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it is evident that I provide a device which is specially useful in cigar-stores and like places, and which by reason of its simplicity, effectiveness, and cheapness is calculated to commend itself as a useful device.

I claiml. The hereindescribed device consisting of a base, a casing provided with an opening in its lower front Wall mounted upon said base, a curved Wall in the upper part of said casing and forming a Wall of a match-receptacle in thev upper portion of the casing, a delivering mechanism in the lower portion and comprising the triangular side pieces and thecurved plate forming the bottom of the holder and `connecting the said sides together at the upper ends and adapted to form the bottom for the said receptacle and to deliver the match, and means to ignite the match while being delivered and spring-arms secured at one end IOO to the casing and curved to conform to the curvature of said plate for holding the matches, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the base, a casing, the curved plate in the upper portion of the casing and forming with the side and front Walls of the casing, a match-holder, and a pivoted match-deliverer With curved upper end with slot and groove, and means for operatin g said deliverer, of a hood on the front of the casing, and spring holding-arms disposed beneath said hood With one end fixedly attached to the easing beneath the hood for holding the match in said groove, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the base and casing, a match-holder, a shaft, a handle on said shaft, a spring acting on the shaft to hold it in its normal position, a match-deliverer mounted on said shaft and having a matchreceiving groove on its upper end, a hood and curved spring-arms arranged beneath said hood With one end iixedly attached to the easing beneath the hood for retaining the match in said groove and an igniter in the path of the head of the match as it is moved by said deliverer, as and for the purpose specified.

` In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREW T. WANNENWETSCH. Witnesses:

JACOB E. GRAMLICH, CLEVELAND E. J AUCH. 

